I agree.

Is Aimee Melton aware that a large number of Omaha residents are prohibited from voting? Is she really saying that they have no right to complain about the system that disenfranchised them?

A teacher ought to know how to tell a fourth-grader how to hug politely.

This is what the #SORegistry does: it creates circumstances that can be used to make life more difficult. The community--told to fear registrants--is *encouraged* to use SOR status against people. #abolishtheregistry

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Congress assumes that the polygraph is bad for the good people but good to catch the bad folks. That's crazy thinking. If it is bad for some, it is bad for all. The govt desire to catch someone at a lie is just another carceral impulse.

What kind of legislation would it take to end qualified immunity? Is there no one trying to do this? It would need to be at the federal level, correct?

I'm watching The Clapper (Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried) and thinking it's a great illustration of how cops work and why "dont talk to cops" is the best advice. With this movie, I have the same kind of anxiety I felt watching the Richard Jewell movie when Richard talks to the cops.

The phrase "public safety" has nothing to do with safety or the public. #neleg

This is what can happen inside prison where there is little transparency. Another enabling factor is the fear of and disgust for people convicted of sex crimes that is generated by the #SORegistry. #abolishtheregistry

True in Nebraska. We don't need another prison, we need to repeal some of those "extra" laws the Unicameral likes to pass so that prosecutors have plenty of chances to stack charges upon charges. More is not better. As for sentences, longer is not better. #neleg Jim Pillen